Pulled my bicycle out of the garage this weekend for the first time since November. I’ll probably never love biking as much as I love running, but the wind on my face on the long downhills is freeing. (The wind blowing into my face on the long uphills is just annoying. At least, this being Illinois, “uphill” and “downhill” don’t mean much.) And I get to see different things than when I run, and it’s not all different corn fields.
Also, I did my final test for the One Hundred Pushups program a few days ago, managing 61 pushups. Which, while it’s a long way from 100, is much higher than the 8 I could do when I started. There’s probably a writing metaphor in there somewhere, but I’m leaving it as an exercise for the reader. I’m going to keep working on getting up to 100 for a while. Not bored yet.
We’ve had some good weather. I’m not sure I’d brave the bike just yet but soon! And 61? Do you do them at one shot? Or in sets with breaks in between? I’ve made it up to 20, but on my knees. 😉
The 61 was in one shot. But I do them pretty shallowly. The One Hundred Pushups plan has you work up in sets.